Number of passengers handled at airports in India

from financial year 2014 to 2020 by type (in Millions)

• Passenger traffic amounted to over

341 million at airports across India
in the fiscal year 2020

• Fy2020 - close to 66 million

international passengers were
handled at the airports

• There was a drop registered in both

the domestic and international
passengers, the One of the reasons
was the aviation regulatory body in
India suspended passenger air travel
due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic in the second half of
March 2020.
 Month over Month Comparison of Domestic Passenger
Traffic
All Airlines from 2016 to 2020 in Lakhs (105)
• DGCA has reported that 2.81 Lakh
passengers have travelled in the last week of
May 2020 after domestic flights were allowed
• In June 2020, this number went up to 19.84
Lakh passengers and to 21.07 Lakh
passengers in July 2020
• First time in the last many years when the
domestic air passenger traffic has decreased
in the months of May, June, and July
compared to the previous year
• The domestic passenger traffic  plummeted
by nearly 97.7% in May, 83.5% in June, and
82.3% in July 2020 following the pandemic
• The domestic air passenger traffic in June
2020 was only 16.5% of the number in June
2019 and in July 2020, it was only 17.7% of
the number in July 2019.

Source: Monthly Air Traffic, DGCA

 • Between 2016 and 2019, the domestic air
Year on Year Comparison of Domestic Air Passenger Traffic passenger traffic in the first seven months
Between January & July - 2016 to 2020 in Lakhs (105) (January to July) increased by 47%, from over
5.6 crore passengers in 2016 to 8.25 crores in
2019
• In 2020, this number has dropped by almost
58%. Only a total of 3.72 crore passengers had
travelled in 2020 between January and July, of
which more than 3.29 crore passengers had
travelled prior to the lockdown- before 25
March 2020
• Only 43.72 Lakh passengers have travelled
between 25 May and 31 July 2020.
• In the months from May to July,  2.51 crore
passengers had travelled in 2016, 2.93 crores
in 2017, 3.47 crores in 2018, and 3.61 crores in
2019, according to DGCA’s monthly air traffic
statistics.
• Around 49 thousand passengers, accounting for 17%
of those who travelled in May 2020 travelled by Air
India
• From the time domestic flight services resumed post
lockdown, the number of passengers opting for
private airlines has increased
• The proportion of passengers travelling in Air
India has dropped to 12.2% and 9.1% in June
and July respectively
Source: Monthly Air Traffic, DGCA • IndiGo’s market share in the domestic market
has increased from 50.6% in May to 52.8% in
 • From the time domestic flight services resumed post
Percentage of Domestic Passengers Carried by Airlines lockdown, the number of passengers opting for
(May to July, 2020) private airlines has increased
• The proportion of passengers travelling in Air
India has dropped to 12.2% and 9.1% in June
and July respectively
• IndiGo’s market share in the domestic market
has increased from 50.6% in May to 52.8% in
June, and to 60.4% in July

Source: Monthly Air Traffic, DGCA